Entries tagged with manga

Is that really all Kishimoto thinks of her? Really? After all the improvements she's made, and all the glimpses of her awesome potential, she is once again relegated to a teary-eyed fangirl watching from the sidelines? And worst of all? It's what she "chooses" to be. Sadly, I cant even say I didn't see it coming.

I firmly believe it now. He hates Sakura. He doesn't like any of the other females either, but Sakura? Hates. If Naruto represents him, and Sasuke his childhood BFF/rival, then Sakura must be the girl who repeatedly turned him down, and not very nicely. This is his revenge.

I'm so fed up I can't even be angry anymore. If I hadn't invested too much time and effort into this series to not see how it ends, I would have quit already.

[Btw, I am aware that this is probably another sekrit ploy by Sakura (like the bogus love confession to Naruto) in order to get close to Sasuke and kill him, but I'm also sick of her pulling this selfish, underhanded bullshit with everyone. Not to mention she's being incredibly stupid lately, which we know she's NOT. All this nonsense is ruining her character and making her unlikeable. And I think we can all agree she doesn't need any more hate from the fandom.]

I have to admit, the KakaSaku fangirl in me flared up a little at the bottom of the page. There are a lot of ways to interpret his personal obligation and the following troubled silence. ;D On a related note, saw this today. It's from one of the artbooks. Look at Kakashi's eyeline....does it look like he's reading his book, or staring at Sakura's ass?

OMFG why does Sasuke keep getting credited for killing shinobi HE DIDNT KILL!!!??!?!?! Zabuza was killed by a bunch of thugs and finished off by Kakashi. Deidara killed himself. Why does everyone think Sasuke--who doesnt last more than 30 seconds with the Raikage and Mizukage and only escapes through some new fucking hax (kinda like w/ Deidara...)--did these things!?

I want to sympathize with Sasuke, but its continually impossible. Fuck you, Kishimoto. Sasuke needs to DIAF now.

So I've been reading a new manga, called Vagabond. I'd known about it for a while (its a bestseller,) but never got around to it until now and...Im loving it. Its a story about the life of Miyamoto Musashi - the man who wrote the Book of Five Rings, and widely recognized as the greatest samurai of all time, and one of the best swordsmen to ever live.

The story is really captivating, particularly if you like samurai/ martial arts/ traditional japanese genres. But I think what I love most about it is the artwork. Its so pretty. As an artist Im kind of in awe of the mangaka's skill and detail - Ive never seen a manga with so much hand drawn detail; from facial expressions to patterns on fabric to indivudual leaves in the trees. Gorgeous.Absolutely nothing is sloppy. (take lessons, Kishimoto...) Lookie: this, this, this. Lots of colored pages too, which I love. Anyway, its really good. I definitely recommend it, Flist.